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Leonardo DiCaprio Reaffirms He Won’t Direct as Scorsese Reunion Sets February Shoot

He says he won’t direct because he couldn’t match Martin Scorsese’s work.

Overview

  • DiCaprio made the comments during a Dec. 10 conversation with Scorsese at TIME’s A Year in TIME event in New York.
  • Variety reports he was honored there as TIME’s 2025 Entertainer of the Year.
  • He said his main regret from their collaborations is not spending more time observing Scorsese behind the camera.
  • He described their approach as months of questions and devil’s-advocate debates before filming begins.
  • Their seventh film, What Happens at Night for Apple Original Films, pairs DiCaprio with Jennifer Lawrence and is slated to start shooting in February.